Customer Rating & Reviews

Absolutely Amazing Dolby Atmos Enabled Speakers

October 1, 2014

I own the complete Pioneer Elite Dolby Atmos Enabled Speaker/Receiver Package (5.1.4) and these were amazing speakers even before Atmos Content was available but after watching Transformers Age of Extinction Blu-Ray in Dolby Atmos, my mind was blown beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I can't fathom how amazingly well the up-firing reflection of sound actually works. This truly is something you have to hear for yourself to be believed. I highly recommend taking the time to read both Atmos related white pages available on Dolby's website to make sure these are well suited for your viewing space. It is also good to mention that these speakers require double the speaker wiring... one set goes to the normal front firing drivers and another set goes to the top firing Dolby Atmos enabled driver.

Simply stunning.

July 14, 2015

I got these under $500 (open box) and on a whim. They sounded great with my humble Denon AVR 591 5.1, but then I purchased the Atmos enabled Pioneer 1130 and...the stereo sound is simply beyond belief. These speakers are on the forward side...which makes you believe, for instance, that there is a guitar playing right by your ear...lots of "air" arround and a huge room as background. Forward, but never harsh. Bass is well-defined, acceptable in depth (I do not use a sub for music), mid bass is very tuneful.
All in all, their highest virtue is that they sound...musical! Absolutely engaging and pleasant.
I like them so much that I went and bought the center channel too. It makes a great home theater system...you know that when you cannot tell whether a dog is actually barking in the open air or is the sound comming from a speaker.

Amazing quality packaged with Pioneer receiver

November 1, 2015

What amazing speakers! I recently purchased a top of the line 4K but upon further review I was disappointed to note that my old receiver would not work optimally with it.
I went back to Best Buy to purchase a new receiver and center channel, but while there I found a Pioneer receiver VSX90 packaged with these speakers and discounted by 33%. The receiver was plenty powerful enough and had all the features that i had wanted.
What sold me on the package was when we hooked up the Elite speakers. They had to be manually swapped out with $1800 each speakers so that I could listen to them. Comparing the two speakers there was an obvious difference in quality, but not as great as you would imagine. The base on these bookshelf speakers held their own to the more expensive floor standing speakers. The mid-range sounds were the biggest difference with the bookshelf speakers lacking.
Overall I was extremely impressed with the price and quality. Once home I hooked up the receivers and speakers and was blown away. Upon doing more research I found excellent reviews for them.

Replaced my Bose

June 16, 2017

I wanted speakers to replace my Bose 201 pair that I have had for decades. I found these and they sounded wonderful. Tried them and love them. Only thing is the speakers have two sets of speakers in each and I can only use the one front pair. Seems I need a special amp and watch a special show or music to take advantage of it. That's fine, I use one pair and they were on sale. Great sound. Minus one star for not being able to use the entire speaker.

Best Speakers Ever

January 22, 2016

This is best bookshelf speaker you can get for your money. Especially for under $1000 and budget. The sound is clear and crisp. I'm amazed that I can hear instruments and sounds I couldn't hear before with my old speakers. The setup was easy. I didn't buy a subwoofer since I already have one. When I finished the setup and started to play some music I realized that these speakers don't need a subwoofer! If you're in the market for a pair of speakers give these a look, you won't be disappointed.

Sound is everything.

June 11, 2016

As I said about updating my center channel
sound is everything. What is the use of having a great TV for the picture and having a great receiver but so so speakers for sound! Sound
is now as important in a home theater system
as picture quality. I was upgrading to Dolby Atmos and I like the idea of not having to put
in ceiling speakers. These speakers bounce
the sound off the ceiling. I also like that there already built in the surround speaker and don't need to be purchased separately and placed
on top of your surround speakers such as some other brands. I actually run four of these. Two are placed towards the front and the other
two towards the rear to give the full effect.

Great speakers for Dolby Atmos setup

April 4, 2016

Sound quality is excellent, somewhat laid back overall. Atmos sounds great, but up the decibel level settings on the Atmos speakers on your AVR to make it work right. Clear and transparent, runs fine with 90w, but open up a bit with more power. The fact that you get 2 Atoms speakers in the same space is a +. In multi channel stereo, running it with the Atmos speakers sounds better than running them without for music specifically. Sounds better than the KEF Q100 by a large margin. In stereo 2.1, sound great. These are bookshelves and need a subwoofer to round out the bottom end. Really need a sub for home theater application.